Evidence Reviews

All of the evidence in one place: these publications gather together and conduct a complete examination of all of the research and evidence in existence relating to specific topics and concerns for the sector.

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This Executive Summary of the full Evidence Review, edited by David Walden CBE, asks the broad question: If we were able to start designing adult social care from a blank slate, and build a system based on the evidence of what people want and what is effective, what would that system look like?

The Review also provides an analysis of key research on the important issues in adult social care today - including safeguarding, promoting independence, involvement and advocacy, and the adult social care workforce. It aims to inform the policy debate with an evidence-informed view.

Aimed at: Policymakers and senior colleagues in adult social care, as well as researchers, lobbyists and anyone with an interest in the evidence base for this sector.

This Executive Summary of the full Evidence Review, edited by David Walden CBE, asks the broad question: If we were able to start designing adult social care from a blank slate, and build a system based on the evidence of what people want and what is effective, what would that system look like?

The Review also provides an analysis of key research on the important issues in adult social care today - including safeguarding, promoting independence, involvement and advocacy, and the adult social care workforce. It aims to inform the policy debate with an evidence-informed view.

Aimed at: Policymakers and senior colleagues in adult social care, as well as researchers, lobbyists and anyone with an interest in the evidence base for this sector.

This Evidence Review asks the broad question: If we were able to start designing adult social care from a blank slate, and build a system based on the evidence of what people want and what is effective, what would that system look like?

The Review also provides an analysis of key research on the important issues in adult social care today - including safeguarding, promoting independence, involvement and advocacy, and the adult social care workforce. It aims to inform the policy debate with an evidence-informed view.

Aimed at: Policymakers and senior colleagues in adult social care, as well as researchers, lobbyists and anyone with an interest in the evidence base for this sector.

This Review aims to answer important research questions in order to inform the debate on how to effectively support people who experience multiple needs and exclusions (MNE). It’s a useful resource to provide evidence for service design, as well as to support you in making the case for services for this client group.

This Review of current research on feedback and engagement has been written to inform and update people with a role in adult social care; for example commissioners, managers, practitioners, councillors and educators, as well as service users and carers.

It is intended to offer a useful framework for discussion, reflection and learning.

This Literature Review has been completed by Research in Practice for Adults. We are a charity that uses evidence from research and people’s experience to help understand adult social care and to improve how it works.

The Review has been written to provide an overview of research for people who need to know about safeguarding; including practitioners, managers and educators in adult social care, workers from other agencies, such as health and the police, care workers and voluntary sector workers and service users and those who support them.

It is a revision of a previous RiPfA review that was carried out in 2009, updated to include new research. The research focuses on adult safeguarding in England and Wales, though many of the messages are transferable to other contexts.

This Literature Review aims to support practitioners to have a better understanding of how analysis and critical reflection are used in adult social care, how they support professional judgement and decision-making, and how they are applied to assessment and casework.

It sets out the main messages from research, identifies the implications for current front-line practice and provides references for further reading. The focus of this review is largely on social work, but the messages are applicable to staff across social care.

An authoritative and evidence-based assessment of the development of adult social care between now and 2020. The Partnership Board of Research in Practice for Adults set the challenge of producing an independent review on the future of adult social care.

Comprising an initial overview and three supplementary evidence reviews on key issues: international experiences; the social care workforce; and climate change and sustainability.